Colt girls win, Colt boys tie Huskies for Exchange Club titles

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Apr 19, 2009 at 4:08 AM

The Cloverleaf girls track team took top honors and the boys tied for first with host Northwestern at the Exchange Club Northwestern Husky Invitational on Saturday.For the girls, Cloverleaf (167.50) topped Northwestern (131.5) and Hillsdale (108) for first place.Posting first-place finishes for the Colts on the track were Taylor Detwiler, who clocked a 27.99 in the 200-meter dash, Candace Andel with a 2:34.34 in the 800, Lauren Siegler, (17.78) in the 100 hurdles, Jennifer Foster with a 49.95 in the 300 hurdles, the 4x100 relay team with a time of 53.58, the 4x200 clocking a 1:55.27 and the 4x400 in 4:20.68.Leading the Colts in field events were Stephanie Foster, who went 11-3 in the pole vault.Hillsdale was anchored by Kim Habeggar in the discus, throwing 115-10 for the gold and Lindsey Witmer with a 4-6 in the high jump.Northwestern was led by Olivia Stover, who placed first in the 400 with a 62.78 time and Silvia Francis, who won the 1,600 and 3,200 with a 5:56.91 and 13:33.59, respectively.Cloverleaf and Northwestern each earned 190 points in the boys meet, while Hillsdale finished fifth with 41.Northwestern's boys were paced on the track by Joe Bihari (11.71) in the 100, Jesse Hostetler who clocked a 24.34 in the 200, Cody Odenkirk, who was timed at 52.58 in the 400, Lincoln Stover (2:07) in the 800, Josh Lacko in the 110 (15.11) and the 300 (40.90) hurdles, the 4x100 relay (45.18), the 4x200 (1:37.6) and the 4x400 (3:35.86).Bihari also won in the field events, winning the long jump at 21-10, while Dan Neuendorf took gold in the shot put with a heave of 47-7.The Colts got first-place finishes from Will Luppino (4:47.56) in the 1,600, Bret Nehrenz who clocked 10:48.03 in the 3,200 and their 4x800 relay with a time of 8:56.27.Hillsdale was led by Andy Baldner, whose 12-foot-leap took the pole vault title and Reid Crossen, who placed first in the high jump at 5-8.

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